I filled my ‘la fayette’ (Valandré) with a extra 100 gram downI used this homemade gearThen I blow the down into the bag with my breath test photo for new postI made a copy of the trailstar.My manner to forming the peak:Before I made the last seam to close the shelter, I laminated the insite with a second layer of silnylon.After closing the shelter, I reinforced the in- and outsite of the top with a circle of silnylon which was folded into a cone and again laminated with silicone.

First,apology for my poor knowledge of the English language.therefore, my comments will be limitedI need your thoughtsI did a little test with two types of goose down.The first came from les ateliers de lastour.

The loft of the two products seems remarkably similar but the puff of thru hiker is much easier compressible.For testing, I used a PU foam disc (37 gram) to compress te down clusters37 cm for the duvet d’oies grises du Périgord 95/05

The clusters of the French down d'Oies grises du Perigord 95/05 looks more robust but seem much less uniform than the down clusters of the 900 fill power white goose down.More featers can be found in the French down while thy barely be found in the white goose down.The air spaces between the gray goose down are much larger while the white goose down has a more compact look.I have the impression that the small feathers also give much more structure and support to the down clusters than when they were absent.This perhaps explains, i think, why the fluff Thru-hike much less resistant to pressure.It must be said that the thru-hiker down have a much smoother look.

Soulo copy: I need your thoughts

I am making a copy of the soula (hilleberg).(a little higher and longer)I have made a framework for the dimensions of the fabricsome photo's

MarcD on Freestanding winter/summit tent was already very helpful.Should I make the seams as Hillberg does?Or maybe like Roger Caffin doing?see diagrammatic cross-section almost at the endI fear leaks under stress.This is not a tunnel tent but a dome.What material would you use for the sleeve (the top part and the part that touches the ground?The curve is steep and therefore I think only using sleeves is not easy to build up and break down the tent.The Soulo has a neat solution to distribute the stress on the clips.See photo What fabric should I use?Cutting the curve with heat to prevent fraying?Or only using grosgrain (extra clips?)Thank you.winter down bagi have made a down bag filled with 1000 gram 860 cuin down.I wanted a central zipper just like the la fayette from Valandré.

Using a zipper on the left or right, then, it's easy to integrade a draft tube.But with a zipper in the middle and a baffle hight of 11 cm?I've found a solution for this issue by using two zippers, one for te outer, one for the inner.The vertical part pops a little bit for a better seal.Some photo's